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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the automobile contribute to super-industrial culture?
(a) Diminished family loyalty.
(b) Increased mobility.
(c) Decreased efficiency.
(d) More and more industrial waste.

2. With whom does a person have medium-term relationships, according to Toffler?
(a) Clerks.
(b) Family.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Barbers.

3. What symptom does Toffler describe as an aspect of future shock?
(a) Weltschmerz.
(b) Ennui.
(c) Despair.
(d) Disorientation.

4. How do people learn to be aware of time, as Toffler describes it?
(a) They develop "durational expectancies."
(b) They repeat the experiences of their ancestors.
(c) They keep solar calendars.
(d) They measure their progress against the seasons.

5. What is the economics of transience?
(a) Replacing things is cheaper than repairing them.
(b) Building temporary housing instead of long-term buildings.
(c) Educating children increases a family's future income.
(d) Investing in the market pays better dividends than saving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toffler describe the "modular man's" relationships?

2. What is the consequence of the faster pace of things, in Toffler's account?

3. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?

4. What makes future shock different than culture shock?

5. What does Toffler say people get from mobility?

(see the answer key)

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